Archive - 25 April 2017

Don't shy away from starting from the very bottom in any field of work that is available, advises Sabah DCM.

There are more goodies to come, if FT folk continue to trust us, says Najib Abdul Razak.

UPDATED 10.20PM | Umno leader claims 1MDB will not assume principal payments for bonds.

Puad Zarkashi says settlement with IPIC shows no funds from 1MDB were siphoned.

His right arm is black from bacterial infection, while doctors managed to dissolve clots in his left shoulder.

UPDATED 7.50PM | The DAP lawmaker says somebody lodged a police over the video he posted on Facebook.

UPDATED 8.15PM | Ibrahim Mat Zin makes a confession, but declines to name who gave him the orders to perform the rituals.

Its president Shafie Apdal says May 30 and 31 should be a public holiday for everyone.

This is in view of the reported settlement reached between Malaysia and IPIC, says Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.

Nurul Izzah says this after an NST report claiming that Harapan will maintain the GST.

He also points out that Azmin's stand on Adam Rosly is not much different than his.

Lim Guan Eng says the state intends to increase penalties to promote water conservation.

'Finding Home' app lets users experience being a Rohingya refugee in Malaysia.

UPDATED 4.38PM | Suspended Mara chief insists the sponsorship was a commercial decision in which he had no part.

Minister told to get his facts right before claiming there is a political conspiracy over food prices.

'I am now concentrating fully on my task and I think I have a lot to deliver to the rakyat,' adds Madinah Mohamad.

UPDATED 5.50PM | Basing this on a survey, PKR leader says the battle is shaping up to be between BN and Harapan.

This is after the businessman involved refused to pursue the matter.

They should address problems of Vietnamese encroachment and poor border patrols, says Raja Bahrin.

The sum falls under the Budget 2017 Special Fund for Improvement and Maintenance of Schools, the PM says.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak launched the federal government’s Blueprint for the Indians last Sunday. He described the blueprint to uplift Indians in Malaysia, with an allocation of more than RM1 billion, as a serious document and not just “empty talk”.

Bersih chairperson Maria Chin denies the FB page is linked to the electoral watchdog.

UPDATED 3PM | His call for Adam Rosly to be relieved of his post, the PKR veep adds, is because the two matters are different.

Surely Malaysia and its people are built on a much stronger footing than to be threatened by one man who claims to be an inter-faith scholar but has a skewed view of everything around him. We have made Zakir Naik woefully big by giving him too much space in our media and lives.

Malaysia’s longest-running theatre production, ‘Mud: The Story of Kuala Lumpur, is coming to an end on April 30, 2017. The musical staged at Panggung Bandaraya in Kuala Lumpur for three years underscores the empathy that binds three characters from three communities as they live their lives through the vagaries and vicissitudes of an emerging multi-ethnic society in 19th century colonial Malaya.

UPDATED 1.05PM | This is based on the electoral roll gazetted in the fourth quarter of last year, it says.

The move is to allow Lim and Phang to challenge the MACC Act in the Court of Appeal .

Key events under US President Donald Trump since he took office on Jan 20, with a vow to move quickly on his populist agenda.

This is the first time Prime Minister YAB Najib Abdul Razak has launched such a blueprint for the Indian community in Malaysia, there was never such a blueprint launched extensively looking into the various aspects of the Indian society.

But there is no risk of a tsunami along Chile's coast, says US Tsunami Warning Centre.

He is expected to give his statement this morning, some three months after his suspension.

The East Coast Economic Region agenda wins the won the Global Good Governance Award.

Beginning today (25 April), members of the public will have better access to the new Kuala Lumpur Health Clinic or Klinik Kesihatan Kuala Lumpur (KKKL) by taking Rapid KL bus service Route 402, which also serves the Titiwangsa LRT station.

The Automated Enforcement System (AES) started operations on Sept 23, 2012 with 14 cameras. Within the first eight days, they captured 63,558 offences, or 567 per day for each camera.

Her aim is to portray Macron as the establishment candidate in the May 7 run-off.

The state government wants an end to policy that requires all goods to enter the state through Port Klang.

YOURSAY | ‘Universities are supposed to be the bastion of ethical behaviour.’

On Jan 7, over the air space of Oman, a Bombardier Challenger 604 private jet flew 1,000 feet beneath in the opposite direction of an Airbus A380 and was reportedly rolled over ‘five times’, both engines flamed out and then it plummeted 10,000 feet as it was caught in the powerful turbulence of the A380.

MP SPEAKS | Taxpayers will end up paying US$7 billion to settle US$3.5 billion in bonds.

The weaker ringgit may reflect a kleptocracy premium.

For many Indian community leaders, they've heard the same promises before, come election time.

YOURSAY | 'Will MIC raise the issue of Zakir Naik's permanent residency?'

Are we not truly M’sians of the middle moderate variety?

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.